I believe that God willed the universe into existence, with laws that permitted evolution to take place. We can debate this on some other thread, I just want to establish my position.
Dumbed down textbooks, public schools, etc.
I contend that no public school that I know of, at least in the United States, is actually teaching evolution. I went to public schools in New York City, but I learned about the theory of evolution from my father.
The public schools are not teaching evolution, they are teaching Flintstonism. Not the same thing.
Part and parcel of the fact that public schools generally do a horrible job of teaching anything useful or necessary. My wife and I have spent the summer bringing our son up to speed with all the things he should have learned last year in the third grade, none of which the school did properly. On the other hand, he can quite confidently lecture you about the evils of smoking, so it's pretty clear that they can teach the things that they choose to. Broken by design, the public schools are...